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Helping all urchin blafts, and ill-luck figns 



That the fhrewd meddling elfe delights to make, 



Which me with precious viol'd liquors heals ; 



For which the fhepherds at their feftivals 



Carol her goodnefs loud in ruftic lay, 



And throw fweet garland wreaths into her ftream 



Of panfies, pinks, and gaudy dafodils. 



And as the old fwain faid, me can unlock 



The clafping charm, and thaw the numbing fpell, 



If me be right invok'd in warbled fong ; 



For maiden-hood me loves, and will be fwift 



To aid a virgin, fuch as was herfelf, 



In hard befetting need. 



CHAP. XXIV. 



FROM NEWTOWN TO MONTGOMERY. SEVERN 

 - MONTGOMERY CHURCH CHARACTER OF 

 LORD HERBERT CASTLE RUSTIC VIEWBRI- 

 TISH POST SINGULAR CUSTOM. 



LEFT Newtown, and went over a 



fine, cultivated country to Montgomery. 



The infant Severn accompanied me near 



half 



